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Downloadable COPD action Plan May 21, 2011

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An action plan is a contract between you and your doctor about how you will manage your COPD flare-ups. The goal of this action plan is to quickly detect and treat COPD flare-ups.
Especially watch for a COPD flare-up when:
1.    You get a cold or flu. 2.    You feel run down or tired. 3.    You are exposed to air pollution. 4.    After weather changes. 5.    When your mood changes; such as feeling down or anxious.
If you have 1 or more of the following symptoms for 1 to 2 days you are having a COPD flare-up:
1.    Increased shortness of breath compared to normal. 2.    Increased amounts of cough and sputum from normal. 3.    Your sputum changes from its normal colour to a yellow, green or rust colour.

 

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Cystic Fibrosis Flare-Ups May Be Treated at Home – MedicineNet – Health and Medical Information Produced by Doctors September 25, 2010

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The study was released online ahead of publication in an upcoming print issue of theAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Cystic Fibrosis Flare-Ups May Be Treated at Home – MedicineNet – Health and Medical Information Produced by Doctors.

2008 COPD guidelines and information September 17, 2010

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Recommendations for the management of

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

What is COPD?

COPD, a respiratory disorder largely caused by smoking, is characterized by progressive, partially reversible airway obstruction and lung hyperinflation, systemic manifestations, and increasing frequency and severity

of exacerbations.



This action plan is a written contract between you and your doctor to give you firm direction in how you will manage

your COPD flare-ups. This action plan will help you and your doctor to quickly recognize and treat flare ups to allow

Lignes directrices you to aggressively manage these flare-ups and prevent further deterioration in your lungs and your health.

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A COPD flare up is most commonly characterized by changes in your sputum and/or an increase in your shortness of breath. It can sometimes occur after you get a cold or flu, get (or feel) run down or are exposed to air pollution. They may also occur during changes in the weather.

Before or during a flare up you may notice changes in your mood such as feeling down or anxious. Some people have low energy or fatigue before and during a COPD flare up. Flare-ups cause symptoms, which include cough, wheezing, sputum, & shortness of breath.

Your flare-up action plan is to be used only for COPD flare-ups. Remember there are other reasons you may get short of breath such as pneumonia or heart problems. If you develop shortness of breath and you do not have symptoms of a COPD flare-up, see a doctor.

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New drug shows benefits against asthma. March 7, 2009

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Mepolizumab prevents some ER visits in people with a severe form of asthma.

People suffering from a severe form of asthma who receive injections of an antibody called mepolizumab can reduce their need for prednisone and avoid its unpleasant side effects, Hamilton researchers say.

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Scientists at McMaster University and Hamilton’s St. Joseph’s Healthcare studied severe asthmatics whose airways are compromised by inflammatory cells called eosinophils. There are an estimated 60,000 to 120,000 Canadians with this condition and the frequent flare-ups of their illness often lead to hospital admissions, at huge costs to the health-care system.

“Mepolizumab works by blocking the production of eosinophils,” the study’s senior author, Dr. Paul O’Byrne, told the CBC. “By preventing their production, we were able to improve asthma and reduce the need for prednisone by close to 90 per cent.

“And for the very first time, we’ve been able to implicate with absolute confidence eosinophils in severe asthma,” he said.

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